Source: Radio New Zealand
A state of emergency has been declared in Banks Peninsula, a boil water notice is in place, a river has burst its banks and a highway closed.
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Flooding in the Christchurch suburb of Beckenham after the Heathcote River breached its banks. RNZ / Adam Burns
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